homemade

Baked Potatoes with Posh Beans & Simple Side Finger Salad

Simple & cost effective comfort food.

Serves 2

4 small potato’s

1 tin baked beans

1 stock cube

Heaped tbsp butter

2 tbsp cooking oil

Salt

Pepper

2 carrots, grated

1/4 cucumber, sliced

1/4 green pepper, chopped

Use a fork to prick deep holes in the potato’s, rub in cooking oil, and season with salt & pepper. Wrap in foil & bake for 50mins at 220•c/200•c fan/430•f, remove foil 20mins before end.

Slowly heat beans with stock cube, butter, and black pepper, to a soft boil then remove from heat. Heat for a few minutes before serving.

Serve with grated cheese & simple side finger salad.

Mediterranean Eggs & Toast

Fast & tasty protein boost.

Prep: 15mins, Cost: 63p per portion.

2 eggs

1 tomato, deseeded & chopped

1/2 pepper, chopped

1/2 small leek

2tbsp milk

2tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Fry the pepper, tomato, and leek in oil for 5mins, then add the whisked eggs & milk. Add salt & pepper, and stir for another 5mins until eggs are cooked.

Serve with toasted crusty bread.

Papa Bear’s Packed Lunch

Pesto Pasta with Pepper & Carrot

Prep: 20mins, Cost: 35p

Papa Bear needs fuel for a heavy day at work, and this quick healthy pasta fix can be made the night before, is a convenient solution when he’s travelling around, and is a cheaper alternative to eating out. Super tasty too of course!

Vegetable Stew with Home Baked Wholemeal Bread & Butter

Hearty root vegetable stew for cosy Winter nights.

Serves 8

Prep & Cook: 1hr 45mins

Cost: 24p per portion

1 swede

1 leek

4 potato’s

5 carrots

3 vegetable stock cubes

Salt

Black pepper

Add chopped vegetables & crumbled stock cubes to a large pan, cover with boiling water. Heat back to a boil then reduce heat & simmer for 1hr 30mins.

Serve with crusty bread & butter.

Sausage Casserole with Home Baked Bread & Real Butter

This monster can feed four people, or two & freeze leftovers

Prep: 20mins, Oven: 45mins, Cost: £0.61 per portion, Serves: 4.

8 sausages

3 potato’s, diced

3 carrots, chopped

1 leek, chopped

1 tin chopped tomato’s

1tbsp tomato purée

2 vegetable stock cubes

1pt boiling water

2tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Home baked bread & Welsh salted butter.

In a deep pan, fry up the sausages in olive oil for about 10mins then set aside in a dish.

Reduce heat & use the remaining oil in the pan to cook the leek for 5mins. Add tomato purée, salt, and pepper, and mix well. Add the potato’s & carrot, and turn for 5mins until well coated. Add chopped tomato’s & vegetable stock, and bring to the boil, stirring regularly.

Empty pan into casserole dish & oven cook at 160•c (fan) for 45mins or until potato & carrot are just soft enough.

Welsh salted butter.

Served with home baked bread & Welsh salted butter.

Home baked bread sliced with a 45yr old electric knife! One of my Mam & Dad’s anniversary gifts and still going strong!

Honey & Banana Porridge

This morning’s early breakfast, already followed by digestive biscuit dippers & red pepper hummus (cravings!).

50g rolled oats

100ml milk

125ml water

1 banana

2tbsp honey

Large pinch cinnamon

Heat the oats, milk, and honey in a pan. Stir occasionally to a soft boil, then reduce heat. Mash half of the banana into the pan, stir & simmer for a couple of minutes.

Transfer to serving bowl, add the rest of the banana, honey, and cinnamon.